The League voiced strong condemnation of Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke’s launch of his MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) channel in the UK earlier this month, which was set to feature trophy hunting programmes showing the killing of animals such as elephants, lions, buffalo and deer for ‘sport’.

Mr Kroenke appeared to swiftly U-turn, by announcing he was dropping trophy hunting from the channel, a move the League thanked him for. Disappointingly, our investigations over the days that followed, revealed the channel had pulled programmes showing the killing of iconic species such as elephants and lions, but that hunting for ‘sport’ of other animals such as black bear, deer and Cape buffalo, was still widespread across the channel.

The League does not want a channel showing horrific videos of animals being hunted and killed for ‘sport’ and is continuing to pressure Stan Kroenke to take his channel down. Read our open letter to Mr Kroenke below and help the League bring an end to this sickening TV channel by signing the petition.

Dear Mr Kroenke,

It is unfortunate that you appear to be playing a game with the British public in regards to your trophy hunting channel. After the justified anger at your decision to launch a channel showing the killing of animals for sport, you appeared to show good judgement by announcing that the channel would remove the offensive material.

However, we now realise that this was a tricksy bit of spin. You have removed material involving the animals which made the headlines, such as lions and elephants. But you are still showing an abundance of sickening trophy and ‘sport’ hunting footage, including bears, buffalo, elk and crocodiles. These might not be such iconic species but glamourising their deaths which are only happening for ‘fun’ is equally repugnant.

Given your action, we can also guess that once the publicity dies down, lions and elephants will once again appear on your channel, being slaughtered for fun. On behalf of the British public, we ask that you take this channel down immediately. We do not want the glorification of blood sports in this country, and the British public do not take kindly to being hoodwinked.

A call for the National Trust to stop allowing hunts on its land, amid concerns that animals are still being chased and killed under the guide of 'trail' hunting, will be heard at more than 20 sites nationwide.

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As a team, we share the same passion – to stop animal cruelty in the name of sport. We are a tight knit team and we work hard within a fun, relaxed environment. We also offer something many employers don’t – an office full of friendly dogs!

Hunting was banned in England and Wales in 2004, but the law has never been properly enforced, and attempts to weaken or repeal it continue. The hunting law in Scotland is weak, and hunting is still legal in Northern Ireland.

Hurting and killing animals for ‘sport’ is one of the principal causes of animal cruelty in the UK: tens of millions suffer and die each year for ‘leisure’ activities. We’re here to protect those animals.

The Hunting Act 2004 is the law which bans chasing wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales – this basically means that fox hunting, deer hunting, hare hunting, hare coursing and mink hunting are all illegal, as they all are cruel sports based on dogs chasing wild mammals.

Bullfighting is perhaps the most well known spectator “sport” involving the killing of animals for entertainment. It has already been banned in most countries, but each year tens of thousands of bulls are maimed, tortured and killed for entertainment in Spain, Portugal, France, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

The hidden side of greyhound racing includes dogs kept for long periods in lonely kennels, painful injuries from racing and training, illness and neglect. Shockingly, thousands of surplus dogs die or disappear every year. The League believes dogs should not suffer or die for entertainment or for the profit of the dog racing industry.